Definition of Newsies

1. Noun. (plural of newsy) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of newsie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Newsies

1. newsy [n] - See also: newsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newsies

newsgirls
newsgroup
newsgrouper
newsgroupers
newsgroups
newshand
newshands
newshawk
newshawks
newshole
newsholes
newshound
newshounds
newsie
newsier
newsies (current term)
newsiest
newsiness
newsinesses
newsing
newslady
newsless
newsletter
newsletters
newslike
newsmagazine
newsmagazines
newsmaker
newsmakers
newsmaking

Literary usage of Newsies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Newspaper Writing and Editing by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1913)
"... shuffling line of beggared outcasts, which hugged the Brace Memorial building on three sides, waiting until all the "newsies" had got "theirs. ..."

2. Child Welfare in North Carolina by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Wiley Hampton Swift (1918)
"The school attendance of "newsies" working on this basis is very irregular and their school standing, as reported by the teachers, is low. ..."

3. The Boys and Girls of Garden City by Jean Dawson (1914)
"We played the first of a series of games with the newsies to-day. They play a good game of baseball. Wish we could get Mr. Loomis to teach us for a while. ..."

4. Gulliver the Great: And Other Dog Stories by Walter Alden Dyer (1916)
"... SPIDER OF THE newsies A TRUE STORY NINE newsboys of Reading, Pa., were disporting themselves in a primitive and ..."

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